Having conquered both kids' TV and the pop charts, film would appear the natural progression for the cheery S Club formula. Simon Fuller, the pop guru/genius/svengali/evil incarnate (delete as applicable) who created the band, apparently agrees, as he's the brains behind the movie "Seeing Double".
It's a big step from small to silver screen, but chatting in London ahead of the film's release, the group played down the transition.
"There were nerves," admits Tina Barrett, "but they were mainly of the "Will I look like a freak on the big screen?" variety. It's also very exciting, though."
For band mate Jon Lee - with a stint in EastEnders under his belt, the band's most experienced actor - it was an opportunity to relish.
"For the series, we have such a short space of time. With a movie, we had the chance to draw out the story and develop our characters - instead of running constantly and slapping everything into 25 minutes with a smile and a song."
The film sees an increasingly put-upon S Club desperate for a break when an unscrupulous, mad scientist (is there any other cinematic kind?) replaces the tired, genuine articles with identical - but bellybutton-less - clones.
The film also sees Bradley McIntosh as the butt of most of the jokes. "I don't take it personally," Bradley laughs. "Every film or TV show has the macho guy, the funny guy - I'm the silly guy. But I'm cool with it, the pulling faces, the getting my arse chewed off by a dog." "It wasn't his arse," adds Hannah Spearitt, "it was a stunt bottom."
The film says a lot about the downside(s) of fame, but the band are quick to downplay any hint of whinging. "There are days like that for everybody," says Jon.
But surely all the exposure has changed their lives? Apparently not. "We can walk down the street," says Tina. "There's always places you can go," adds the no-nonsense Jo O'Meara. "We lead pretty normal lives," chips in Hannah, "it's only when we all get together as a band that people notice."
And even if they are recognised individually, it's not a big deal. "It's cool," says Rachel Stevens. "People are usually nice and just want to say hi."
"And it's not hard to take five or ten minutes out of your day to sign autographs," adds Bradley".
While the film is generally child-friendly, there are moments of slightly more adult humour. Particularly the (admittedly brief) vibrating egg gag - "It's for Easter," explains a laughing Rachel - not entirely convincingly.
As to the future, for a band that are rumoured to be splitting up ("This is the second year of speculation," sighs Jon), S Club seem to be surprisingly busy. "We're really together," says Rachel. "We've got the film, a single in May, a tour. When the time comes, we'll split because we want to move on. But, at the moment, it's cool.
"We want to be together," drawls Bradley, in a not bad imitation of the old advert. "Besides," deadpans Jon, "there's the next movie, "Seeing Triple". That's out in November. There's vibrating Christmas trees in that one".
POSTSCRIPT: S Club announced on Monday 21st April that they would be splitting up.
